Kejimikujik lake (sometimes Kejimkujik or even Kedgeemakoogee) is the namesake lake and the largest lake in

Kejimkujik National Park Kejimkujik National Park () is a National Park of Canada, covering in the southwest of Nova Scotia peninsula. Located within three municipalities, Annapolis, Queens, Digby, it consists of two separate land areas: an inland part, which is coinc ...

and the second largest freshwater lake in

Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland". Most of the population are native Eng ...

after

Lake Rossignol Lake Rossignol is the largest freshwater lake in Nova Scotia, Canada. It is located in the south-western interior of the province. History As a reservoir, it was created in 1929 when the Bowater Mersey Paper Company Limited dammed the Mersey R ...

. The word 'Kejimkujik' is agreed by all to be a word derived from the

Mi'kmaq The Mi'kmaq (also ''Mi'gmaq'', ''Lnu'', ''Miꞌkmaw'' or ''Miꞌgmaw''; ; ) are a First Nations people of the Northeastern Woodlands, indigenous to the areas of Canada's Atlantic Provinces and the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec as well as the nort ...

language, but depending on the source will be said to mean "attempting to escape" or "swollen waters". The park's official stance is that Kejimkujik is a Mi'kmaq word meaning "little fairies". The lake is featured in

The Tent Dwellers ''The Tent Dwellers'' is a book by Albert Bigelow Paine, chronicling his travels through inland Nova Scotia on a trout fishing trip with Dr. Edward "Eddie" Breck, and with guides Charles "the Strong" (Charlie Charlton of Milford, NS) and Del "the ...

Albert Bigelow Paine Albert Bigelow Paine (July 10, 1861 – April 9, 1937) was an American author and biographer best known for his work with Mark Twain. Paine was a member of the Pulitzer Prize, Pulitzer Prize Committee and wrote in several genres, including fictio ...

, a book chronicling his fishing trip through the central

wilds in the early 1900s.

External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20051217061221/http://www.ilec.or.jp/database/nam/nam-56.html The World Lakes Database entry on Kejimkujik Lake. *https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/ns/kejimkujik/nature Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site, Nature and science. {{authority control Lakes of Nova Scotia Landforms of Annapolis County, Nova Scotia Region of Queens Municipality Landforms of Queens County, Nova Scotia